Greenpeace, an international non-governmental organization, is calling for a ban on all new fossil fuel projects in Croatia. The environmental group has sent an open letter to the European Union urging them to halt these projects. The campaign is specifically targeting the Zlobin-Bosiljevo gas pipeline. Greenpeace argues that stopping this project is crucial to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Under the slogans "No new fossil fuel projects" and "Stop it!", Greenpeace activists are urging Croatian citizens to support their appeal. Over 70,000 people have already signed the petition.
Petra Andrić, Greenpeace Croatia manager, believes that "further drilling and extraction of gas, oil, and coal, as well as the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure, pose a real threat to our society and the nature that sustains life on this planet." Andrić is calling for a freeze on all fossil fuel extraction plans in the EU, an end to government investments in these projects, and a complete phase-out of fossil fuels by 2035.
Greenpeace leadership believes that these actions will ensure a safer future for the planet, and Croatia in particular. They argue that only by conserving new gas and oil reserves and transitioning to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power can the planet be saved from complete climate collapse.
